Day 240

ok, so it wasn't hayfever.  woke up with the most awful headcold and i had a full day ahead of me that i could not get out of.....
boy and i helped a friend from school out today with a shoot for his final series of work for the year.  we weren't assisting but modeling, and to add to the shame of it all we were in role reversal.  i figured i deserved to be in such a shoot for payback(in a round about way) to two of my mate's that i made do the same thing back in my first year - although i made them do it in a much more public way.
back into the studio at the end of the day for a shoot with the pitch models.  headshots for them all for a competition to win them a portfolio shoot with a talent agency.

days to exhibition 15

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Day 233

catch up today with my girlfriend.  she nanny's and so we have a regular (or not so regular) catch up at the arts centre with her little charges.  monday's are often the day as she is in town for 'music class'.
the boys were pretty awesome today....man they make me laugh! 

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Day 217

went for a little drive to see what we could achieve with our camera's....as per, once i got up there i was totally unmotivated....grrrr - so annoying!  more planning for next time maybe - or just less wind please wind-maker!!  it was such a stunning day, but ugh the wind once you got up the hills,  not cool.
drove back through sumner and picked up my friend pie after and went to 'under the red veranda', a cafe i had only recently heard of, but now am in love with.  it's exactly what i have been looking for, in the city, but somewhere you can sit outside and not be next to a dirty street! likey very much.  was great to have a good catch up with pie too.  we are both so busy, we rarely get to catch up.  a better end to the day, than start :)
this evening had a mate's 21st.  damn i feel old when i go to these things....and boring! i managed to stay awake for a reasonable amount of time, thanx to my new party indulgence....my bag of lollies.  bugger is i still get a hangover in the morning.....a sugar one.

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Day 210

a nondescript day today....but a lovely evening out with meg's and her mum for a yummy euro-asian dinner.  am liking meg's trying to see what the photo looks like on the back of the camera, and therefore she appears well in truly in the photo, thanx to the lovely window reflection.
daylight saving starts tonight...glad i don't have to get up at any particular time tomorrow, but do monday....ouch?!

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Day 204

another dinner out tonite....we like that. went japanese. yummo! went somewhere i hadn't been before, and damn it was good! esp liked the kiwiana element ;)
(and crap - lost the flippen photo again and it was HILARIOUS - me drinking from a 'biggest shake in town' cup while eating sashimi with chopsticks!)

on a side note....today would have been my mum's 58th birthday....crazy to think the last birthday i celebrated with her was her 41st.

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Day 201

after many months, ok most of the year, i finally caught up with an old friend today.  last time i had seen her was when i was working at the shop, and pre-boy, so ages ago.  i met b years ago when i moved into the house she was moving out of.  we re-connected when i moved to chc and caught up with our mutual friend(who also lived in that house, and then later another house with me). 
anyway we caught up today which was great.  b is full of great energy and positivity, so an hour with her always makes you walk away thinking about things, and feeling good about them.  she is also great at working thru problems, so we managed to work thru some of the things i need to get onto, including the need to find locations for my shoots!

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Day 182

birthday eve catch up with katherine and matt tonite. i realised i hadn't actually seen matt since xmas, and therefore not since he had proposed to k....very sad really.
stupid me agreed to meet at 5, and of course i was having my 'down' time.....between 5 & 7 i always seem to lack energy and any enthusiasm for much, so really not the best time to be catching up with friends and trying to converse. sad chook am i!
we started at the dux as it had been such a stunning day....but man, once that sun went down, coooooooooold!!!!! grabbed us a table under an oudoor heater at least. we moved onto alchemy after a lil bit, where it was much warmer!
managed to fill the evening up tho, and i wasn't "that" bad company - just not super flash....must remember that tho - don't arrange catch-ups between 5 and 7pm.

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Day 181

shot another wedding today.  it was so low key and cruisy, which made it great fun to shoot.  i met angie, the bride, during my first year of tech here in chc.  she looked after the scholarship applications etc (of which i was madly applying for as many as possible).  we hit it off straight away and always have plenty to talk about having a common interest in anthropology! 
ang had spoken to me earlier in the year about possibly doing her wedding, but me being me, had shied away from it....lack of confidence etc etc.  then a a few days after c&m's wedding ang contacted me about shooting her and andrew's wedding.  they'd decided sort of last minute to get a photographer.  luckily i was feeling great after having just shot the other wedding and so said yes.  so glad i did!
it was a beautiful sunny albeit windy day, which meant no going up into the hills for photos, besides ang was running pretty late.  so we just went to a few spots we'd found in sumner and had fun.  that was the aim of the day, and again, a&a had asked for casual photos! have a sneak peek at a few here.  we also included a trip to the pub too, especially as it was prior to the ceremony.....figured it would help relax them a little too....

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Day 175

wedding day....and it ended up a gorgeous one. was a bit grey this morning, but fined up nicely this afternoon. nice one, tina!
talk about a gorgeous bride, when she walked down that aisle she looked amazing. the dress was stunning, the hair amazing...it was just great!
what else was awesome, was that i got to hang out with a pile of mates from tech! d & a had come over from melbourne, so that was just way cool.
great to see you all guys. love ya xx

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Day 173

my friend christina is getting married this weekend. tonite was the kitchen tea party. having had a hen's nite a few weeks earlier, we could pass on the 'necessary' games which are 'aids to teach the bride' things she does not know.....or so tradition is. so instead we had a relaxed evening and sat around chatting, and drinking (non-al for me). christina had decided this morning that she needed decorations for the church pews, so we set about making those, as really it was the last thing she needed to think about tomorrow, wedding eve!

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Day 170

finally got off my arse and went and saw the latest harry potter flick with megs tonite. it wasn't bad. the sfx are definitely getting better and better. i remember going to the first film and walking out feeling so, so let down. nothing was like i had imagined it and it all just looked blah! but with each film things have improved and so now with them at the 6th film, it's looking pretty sharp. some of the acting still leaves a lot to be desired tho...you'd have thought they'd have got that right by now!

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Day 167

last year i did a shoot with a couple of my classmates for a hairdressing competition. the hairdresser was rondah and i have stayed in touch with her since then.....mainly coz she cuts my hair now! she is super-talented and has won numerous awards in her time!
earlier this year she did a make up course so i had suggested if she wanted to get some new portfolio images done we should get together and get it down. having the boy around makes it all a bit easier now, as i can palm these things off to him, as he enjoys that style of shooting more than i do.....although i really should push myself outside my comfort zone sooner, rather than later!
we caught up with rondah today to talk through some ideas for some shoots. she in fact had another comp in mind, so we're going to concentrate on that sunday week....should be fun!

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Day 165

my friend callum moved to auckland a little over a month ago. chc just isn't the same anymore. he was my coffee buddy(wine buddy when i could still drink). whenever either of us needed to hang out and de-stress the other was on hand to help, and consume said drink! the past six weeks have been weird without my drinking buddy. i did catch up with him a few weeks ago at his wedding, in auckland...but it just wasn't the same.
today i got the best phone call, callum was flying down for coffee....how awesome is that!!!! he misses me so..... oh and his husband(who is momentarily still down here)!

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